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The Growing Apple-Facebook Rivalry and 4 Other Surprises From Q4 Earnings Season
Apple’s new privacy update is a problem for Facebook and Twitter
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Former MoviePass Chairman Ted Farnsworth Takes Controlling Stake in TikTok Rival Lomotif
Farnsworth takes an 80% stake in the Singapore-based app along with Jaeson Ma and Vincent Butta
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Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Debut 8-Part ‘Renegades’ Podcast on Spotify
The new podcast hits the streaming service on Monday
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Discovery Tops 11 Million Paid Streaming Subscribers
Company is “on pace” to hit 12 million by end of February, according to David Zaslav
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Discovery Beats on Earnings in Quarter Ahead of Discovery+ Launch
Streaming service debuted on Jan. 4, 2021
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Parler Comes Back Online – and Briefly Blocks Fired Ex-CEO John Matze
The cofounder of the social-media company regained access after a reporter’s inquiry, according to BuzzFeed News
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LA Times Owner Denies Report He Wants to Sell Paper
Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family continue to invest in and plan for the paper’s future, a spokesperson told TheWrap
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Nissa Diederich to Replace Jim Sharp as 20th Television’s Head of Production
Diederich’s Touchstone Television was recently folded into 20th
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Facebook, Google Targets of Proposed US Law to Limit Bargaining Power With Smaller News Outlets
“Smaller” media would be able to collectively negotiate easier with tech giants that use their content for free, Rep. Ken Buck told Reuters
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Roku Surges to 51.2 Million Accounts, Reports Unexpected Q4 Profit
Popular streaming device company added 14.3 million accounts in 2020
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Triller Backpedals, Denying That It Inflated App’s User Count by Millions
CEO Mike Lu said the company has “never” padded its user count, one day after Billboard said the app had half the 50 million users it claimed
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Crackle Plus Names Former Sony Pictures SVP Jeff Meier Head of Programming
Meier most recently spent eight years at Sony Pictures, serving as general manager and SVP of programming before leaving last year
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Wall Street Journal, NY Post and Other News Corp Outlets to Partner With Google
Murdoch publications are joining Google News Showcase in a deal to share ad revenue and build a new subscription platform
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How Team Whistle Became a Video Juggernaut on Snapchat and TikTok
“Let our competitors be the aspirational hipsters — we’re like the really cool next door neighbor that’s actually dope,” Whistle’s Noah Weissman tells TheWrap
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Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: Should Clubhouse’s Meteoric Rise Scare Twitter and Spotify?
“I do think this is going to take share from podcasts, at least in the short term,” Kantrowitz says
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